OK thanks to Devil Dog and the rest of you M28/76 owners I'm trying to sell off some stuff on ebay to get one.. Actually this was the 2nd Mosin I fell in love with but have never had the resource and the rifle in the same place at the same time.

So I hope to be part of the Finnish M28/76 owners club soon.

SeeyaMark

“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed – unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.” (James Madison, The Federalist Papers #46 at 243-244)

Funny you should mention that, I finally picked her up today. It was a sticky mess inside, the previous owner had not cleaned nor fired it since getting it from Empire Arms a "few years" back.

It is in pieces getting cleaning up. Interesting thing, the ejector/interrupter and spring had been removed. Seller didn't know, not having used it. It was gone. Easy to get though, already coming from eBay.

Makes me wonder, as a target shooter, if it was removed to be shot single shot only and remove empties by hand rather than having them flung out.

The first thing I did was seat a bullet to check against my D166, and the throat IS shorter than the other, it seats to the lands nicely with a .308 bullet.

Passed the NO GO headspace gauge test and chambered Finn brass (but not Russian fired, this is common to all 4 Finns I have tested)

It has the M27 pinned sear trigger Mark is familiar with, but my first .

I will put up some photos of it when the "renewal" treatments are complete and I get a new SD card reader

"Delight is to him — a far, far upward, and inward delight — who against the proud gods and commodores of this earth, ever stands forth his own inexorable self."- Herman Melville

Great article on the M28/76 and it's variations here Looks like they come in more flavors than we thought.

SeeyaMark

“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed – unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.” (James Madison, The Federalist Papers #46 at 243-244)

Thanks for finding that Mark, I remember some of the info, but forgot the site and kept looking to verify it on the other 2 reference sights.

This is why I orginally wondered about my barreled action and must be what farmerboy has after all. I just could never find this and 7.62x54r and MosinNagant.net treat the M28-76 like a redheaded step child, with little or no data like the other rifles.

I think it may be the ONLY reference to the use of M39 barrels, and I would stick to the position of the front sight as one indicator of which it may be. I see no data to indicate they moved the front sight or shortened the barrel, but I think a few folks here have some they can measure!

Serial Numbers could provide a link as well. Sneak M39's seem to have 300xxx numbers, at least from a quick glance at some recent auctions and a photo on mn.net.

Finnstigator is a sneak no date s/n 233xxx, which that sight ref's as a M28-30 spec

The M28-76 this thread is about (lol) is a sneak 1968 sn 10275, similar to one listed on the estonia site.

M39

M28-30

My barrels all measure 26" from joint to muzzle including the M28-30, but I do not have an M39 to measure until tomorrow.

"Delight is to him — a far, far upward, and inward delight — who against the proud gods and commodores of this earth, ever stands forth his own inexorable self."- Herman Melville